A V ouse with Wittig § ‘v© uth Morgan 1998 lMstrations by Gillan Tot Second set of 4 books (with Notes for Teachers) ISBN 0 602 22760 8 Group Reading Pack (6 of each 4 books wih Notes for Teachers) ISBN 0 602 26182 2 Published by Ginn and Company, Prebendal House, Parson's Foe, Aylesbury, Bucks HP20 20V Ginn onthe intemet—htp vw. ginn co.uk Printed in Hong Kong by Wing King Tong Company Limited A Mouse with, Wings by Ruth Morgan Illustrated by Gillian ToftThere was once an old, old house. a Nobody had lived there for years. 4 \ a Nobody wanted to go to the house. They said it was too creepy. mr But some mice lived in the house. They lived down in the kitchen. om, : 2 ia There were lots of mice down there.But Old Mouse always told the young mice not to go upstairs. “There’s something bad up there,” he said. “You must stay down here.” The mice liked living in the house. | They could play all day long in the | kitchen. They got food from the | dustbin next door.Sometimes at night, the mice could hear noises coming from upstairs. Then they hid under their blankets. The smallest mouse was called Sam. One day, Sam saw a butterfly in the kitchen. It was flapping its wings, but it was stuck in a web. The butterfly looked very sad.That night, Sam couldn’t sleep. He was thinking about flying. He wanted some red and blue wings like the butterfly. So, Sam helped the butterfly. He pulled it out of the web. Sam saw the butterfly fly out of the window. He saw it fly away. Now Sam wanted to fly too.Sam went out into the hall and looked up at the window. He saw something there. What a surprise he got! Suddenly, Sam heard a noise. It was a flapping noise coming from upstairs. “My butterfly has come back!” said Sam.2 “A mouse with wings!” said Sam. It was flapping at the window. Then Sam saw it fly away. Sam went back to bed and had a big think. He had seen a mouse with wings, now he wanted wings. He was going to get some!The next morning, Sam went out into the garden to look for some wings. “What are you doing?” asked the other mice. “It's a surprise,” said Sam. Sam looked everywhere for some wings. In the end, he found some under a tree. He took the wings back to the house.Sam tied the wings onto his arms. They were not red or blue, they were brown. It didn’t matter. Sam just wanted to fly. Sam climbed up three stairs. This was it! He was going to fly! Sam flapped his wings and jumped.Oh no! Sam wasn't flying. He was. falling. He flapped his wings, but it was no good. He landed with a bump. The wings had broken. Sam started to cry. Then he heard a flapping noise. “What's the matter?” somebody asked.“You are the mouse with wings!” said Sam. “No, I'm not. I'm a bat,” said the bat. “You look like a bat without wings.” “My name is Pip,” said the bat. “| live in the roof with all the other “No, I’m not. I’m a mouse,” t bats. | have never seen a mouse laughed Sam. before.” 20 al“We like to live in the roof but we Pip went to tell the bats about don’t go downstairs,” said Pip. “We Sam and the mice. heard noises. We thought there was. “The mice made the noises we something bad down there.” { heard!” she said. Sam and Pip laughed. Sam went to tell the mice about Pip and the bats. “The bats made the noises we heard!” he said.The bats and mice were happy to meet each other. That night, they had a party. But Sam still wanted to fly. “I can help you,” said Pip. “Wait here.”“Here you are,” said Pip. Pip had seen a balloon stuck in a Sam took the balloon. He started tree. It was a big, red balloon. She to go up. flew up to get it, then she flew 4 “I'm flying!” said Sam. “I haven't back to the house. got wings, but | am flying.”} | Sam flew up and up, past the Pip flew up to him. | window. He looked out. It was dark “Do you like flying?” Pip asked. but he could see the town. “Oh yes!” said Sam.The balloon went up and up. Soon Sam was in the roof. It was very cold up there. Pip took the balloon and tied it to a hook. “It will be here if you want to fly again,” said Pip. “Thank you,” said Sam.Sam had to walk back downstairs but it didn't matter. He was happy now he could fly. Best of all, Pip was his new friend. New Reading 360 Pocket Books Level 5 Second Set There are four titles in this set: A Mouse with Wings by Ruth Morgan Amy's Dragon by Jane Langford Damien and the Alien Socks by Celia Warren Naughty Nigel Runs Away! by John PriestSam is a mouse, but he wants to fly. Then one day he meets Pip, “a mouse with wings”. he EDFAStisz" "$26.90 Peci€r Rocks